MMBDA·Systems Engineer

MBDA Systems Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Dec 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a single interview with HR and a senior engineer, and it was surprisingly corporate in tone.

A lot of the questions centered on values—things like what the organization’s values meant to me—and the interview style was competency-based, using prompts like “tell me about a time…” rather than working through my CV in detail.

The technical questions were very high level, which actually made them easier. I was able to demonstrate a hint of deep technical understanding, but the process didn’t really test whether I could think in a problem-solving way. It leaned more toward knowledge and scenario storytelling than measuring intelligence through live reasoning.

Even though I accepted, I

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